Up Helly Aa
Up Helly Aa is an annual fire festival held in Shetland. The festival takes place every last Tuesday of January, in Lerwick, Shetland. During the festival, squads carrying their Vikings torches in the night march across the town wearing Viking themed costumes. Up Helly Aa is usually held annually to mark the end of the Yule season. A thousand guizers in their Viking costumes walk around burning a wooden, purposely built Viking ship. The festival is one of the region’s major attractions and attracts thousands of visitors every year. How…
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